ArmInfo.On February 13, the Paris City Council unanimously adopted an appeal "On the alarming  situation of the former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh detained in Azerbaijan." This was reported by the Armenian Embassy in France.

ArmInfo. Ruben Vardanyan, a former state minister of Nagorno- Karabakh, businessman and  philanthropist, has rejected the services of the state-appointed defense attorney Azer Maharramov. His lawyer, Avraham Berman,  will continue to defend his rights, as reported by Azerbaijani Trend.

ArmInfo. The Azerbaijani court rejected the motions filed by the lawyer of the former Artsakh state minister, philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan. This is stated in a message received by ArmInfo by the Free Armenian Prisoners initiative.

ArmInfo. Washington Post columnist David Ignatius addressed the ongoing sham trial of former Artsakh state minister and philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan in Baku and called on US President Donald Trump to fulfill his promise to help Christians. 

ArmInfo. The fake trial with the announcement of "charges" against the former State Minister of Artsakh, philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan continues in the Baku Military Court.

ArmInfo.French MP Valerie  Boyer has posted the folloiwing message on her X account: 

ArmInfo. During the ongoing "trial" of Azerbaijan, which is conducting "peace" negotiations with Yerevan, the prosecution's main focus is on Armenia, and the defendants in the case themselves are mainly portrayed as criminals.  This was written on his Facebook page by Tigran Abrahamyan, a member  of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia from the  opposition faction "With Honor".

ArmInfo. The will to fight of the former state minister of Artsakh, philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan, who is in Baku prisons, is simply amazing. This is how  expert on Azerbaijan, candidate of historical sciences Tatev  Hayrapetyan commented on the footage from yesterday's trial of the  military-political leadership of Artsakh, held in Azerbaijan.

ArmInfo.The charges against Vardanyan and others are "purely political", bne IntelliNews reports quoting Irene Victoria Massimino, a lawyer and professor specialising in human rights and international criminal law, as saying. 

ArmInfo. Armenia expects that the International Committee of the Red Cross will continue to take all necessary measures in accordance with the norms of  international humanitarian law to ensure the safety of Armenian  prisoners of war and other detainees. This was stated by Deputy  Chairman of the RA National Assembly Committee on Human Rights and  Public Affairs Rustam Bakoyan during a meeting with the ICRC  delegation headed by Daphne Marais.

ArmInfo. Belows is a Facebook post by the the Armenian National Committee of Canada (ANCC). 

ArmInfo. Jared Genser, an American lawyer for the world-famous businessman and philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan, who is unjustly imprisoned and illegally convicted, said that the Trump  administration will take a hardline stance against Aliyev over  Armenian detainees, the Armenian Global Community reports.

ArmInfo.Armenian MP Taguhi Tovmasyan has sposted the following message on her Facebook account/

ArmInfo.False accusations and a fabricated trial against the former military-political leadership of Artsakh will remain a means of pressure as long as the Armenian authorities remain indifferent to the lawlessness of Azerbaijan. This  is stated in a statement by the civil initiative "We Are" in  connection with the ongoing illegal trial against the former  military-political leadership of Artsakh and other hostages.

ArmInfo. The silence of the Armenian authorities against the backdrop of the Baku trial of the former military-political leadership of Artsakh may give Baku the legal right to initiate military action against the Republic of  Armenia.

ArmInfo. The Armenian National Congress (ANC) expresses unconditional support to the former leaders of Artsakh: Presidents Arkady Ghukasyan, Bako Sahakyan, Arayik Harutyunyan, Speaker of the National Assembly David  Ishkhanyan, State Minister Ruben Vardanyan, Commander of the Defense  Army Levon Mnatsakanyan, Deputy Defense Minister David Manukyan,  Foreign Minister David Babayan, illegally captured and held hostage  in Azerbaijan, reads a statement by the ANC. 

ArmInfo. On January 19, a liturgy for the representatives of the military-political leadership of Artsakh was held in the Mother See of Etchmiadzin under the leadership of Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II.

ArmInfo. The Baku court granted one of two motions filed by the former state minister of Nagorno-Karabakh, businessman and philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan, Azerbaijani media reports.

ArmInfo. Today in Yerevan, in front of the UN office and the Armenian Foreign Ministry, a protest was held in connection with the start of trials against the military- political leadership of Artsakh and other Armenian hostages.

ArmInfo. No trial in Baku will ever change the indisputable historical facts. This was stated by the leader of the "Country for Life" party Mane Tandilyan in connection with the start of a fabricated trial in Baku against the  military-political leadership and other hostages of Artsakh.